Star Quality

2/21

“This dress was made for my body,” says Oscar nominee Taraji P. Henson about her Roberto Cavalli white strapless gown. The star wore 19th century Fred Leighton jewels with a Mary Norton handbag. “This is the biggest party in the world. It’s a different walk as a nominee and I am just honored and blessed that I am here.”

Show Me the Oscar

8/21

Cuba Gooding, Jr., and wife Sara make their way inside the theater. Gooding, a past Best Supporting Actor winner in 1997 for “Jerry Maguire,” helped present this year’s award to Heath Ledger, who won posthumously for his role as the Joker in “The Dark Knight.”

In a bit of fun, Gooding joked that nominee Robert Downey, Jr., (who was nominated for his role in the comedy “Tropic Thunder,” where he stars as a White actor portraying an African-American solider—in blackface) should leave the Black roles to the brothers “as we have a hard enough time getting roles.”